This facility will be capable of producing flu vaccines including the H1N1 vaccine. All of the workers were working busily to get the facility ready. Most of their vaccines will be shipping in pre-filled syringes. The syringe filling line was being calibrated and tested while we were there. We were told that the filling capacity during operation will be 600 syringes per minute... that's 10 syringes per second!
The part that fascinated me was the production capability. When the facility is running, it will be able to produce 150 million units in 6 months. Over the course of a year, it can produce roughly one does for every person in America. The production capability of this facility is magnitudes larger than what I have ever experienced.
